Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo SabresJan 9, 2023

FinalMonday, Jan 9, 2023· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	3	0	1	4		PHI	16	13	9	38
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	5	13	10	28

: PHI 65BUF 48
: PHI 3.60BUF 2.63
PP goals: PHI 0BUF 0
Hits: PHI 16BUF 8
Blocks: PHI 8BUF 14
PIM: PHI 4BUF 8
: PHI 53%BUF 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Philadelphia Flyers rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–0 at BUF. Joel Farabee (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF scored 0 goals on 2.62 expected goals (48 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Joel Farabee had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:52.Farabee
Points
Travis Konecny had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:57.Konecny
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.62 expected goals (48 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Craig Anderson (BUF) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +6 against a season average of 31.7; the loss.Anderson
Usage
Cam York (PHI) played 24:14, +4:40 up on his 19:34 season average over 53 games.York
Usage
Kale Clague (BUF) played 19:26, +4:28 up on his 14:58 season average over 32 games.Clague
Usage
Rasmus Ristolainen (PHI) played 15:08, −3:57 down on his 19:05 season average over 73 games.Ristolainen
Usage
Jack Quinn (BUF) played 10:35, −3:18 down on his 13:53 season average over 74 games.Quinn

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · BUF 48 · PHI 65

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
PHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 42% of the game, BUF 33%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

PHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PHI	BUF
	61	54
	3.14	2.87
	2.99	2.65
	17	18
	5	2
	12	8
	−0.038	+0.038
	42%	33%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Konecny – Cates – Farabee
10:5771% CF
L2Hayes – Laughton – Allison
10:3850% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Tippett – Frost
10:2228% CF
L4Deslauriers – Brown – MacEwen
7:5333% CF
D1Provorov – York
17:0024% CF
D2Sanheim – DeAngelo
14:3463% CF
D3Seeler – Ristolainen
11:4067% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Frost – Cates – York
3:00100% CF
PP2Laughton – DeAngelo – Konecny – Tippett – Farabee
2:5467% CF
PK1FDeslauriers – Brown
1:10
PK2FLaughton – Cates
0:30
PK1DSeeler – DeAngelo
1:10
PK2DRistolainen – Provorov
0:30

Current PHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
13:0860% CF
L2Olofsson – Jost – Mittelstadt
9:2646% CF
L3Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
9:0350% CF
L4Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs
8:3138% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:1244% CF
D2Clague – Power
11:1330% CF
D3Bryson – Lyubushkin
7:3144% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Cozens – Power
1:55100% CF
PK1FJost – Cozens
2:21
PK2FTuch – Thompson
0:56
PK1DBryson – Dahlin
2:52
PK2DSamuelsson – Lyubushkin
1:54

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:04
PHIZack MacEwen (Patrick Brown, Nicolas Deslauriers)wrist0.16 xG
PHI: Deslauriers, Brown, Sanheim, DeAngelo, MacEwenBUF: Olofsson, Jost, Mittelstadt, Bryson, Lyubushkin
PHI 1 – 0 BUF
13:31
PHIJoel Farabee (Travis Sanheim, Travis Konecny)snap0.05 xG
PHI: Sanheim, DeAngelo, Konecny, Cates, FarabeeBUF: Okposo, Girgensons, Clague, Krebs, Power
PHI 2 – 0 BUF
14:58
PHINoah Cates (Travis Konecny, Joel Farabee)snap0.07 xG
PHI: Seeler, Ristolainen, Konecny, Cates, FarabeeBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Clague, Cozens, Power
PHI 3 – 0 BUF

3rd period

1:56
PHIWade Allison (Kevin Hayes)other0.14 xG
PHI: Hayes, Seeler, Laughton, Ristolainen, AllisonBUF: Olofsson, Clague, Jost, Mittelstadt, Power
PHI 4 – 0 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.57	2	0	2	17:57	—	—	66	57
Joel Farabee L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.61	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	68	61
Noah Cates L	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.21	2	0	0	17:11	—	—	68	37
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.40	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	58	55
Scott Laughton C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	56	65
Wade Allison R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.37	2	0	0	13:51	—	—	61	65
Morgan Frost C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	1	0	0	17:42	—	—	41	39
Owen Tippett R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	44	55
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	15:16	—	—	27	4
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:55	—	—	41	65
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:55	—	—	40	73
Zack MacEwen R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.26	0	0	0	9:59	—	—	30	54
Cam York D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	24:14	—	—	29	13
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	22:09	—	—	33	33
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	0	0	+2	4	0.11	0	0	0	22:18	—	—	59	61
Travis Sanheim D	D2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.10	0	0	2	17:28	—	—	70	63
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	3	0	15:08	—	—	57	66
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	1	1	0	14:18	—	—	71	85

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Ersson(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.63	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	-1	0	0.20	0	1	0	19:47	—	—	49	43
Alex Tuch R	L1	-1	1	0.17	1	1	0	17:51	—	—	55	44
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	58	52
Tyson Jost C	L2	-2	6	0.34	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	55	36
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	-2	1	0.15	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	37	33
Victor Olofsson L	L2	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	33	33
Dylan Cozens C	L3	-1	5	0.61	0	1	0	15:35	—	—	46	64
JJ Peterka R	L3	0	2	0.28	2	1	0	10:41	—	—	45	67
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	10:35	—	—	47	67
Kyle Okposo R	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	48	47
Peyton Krebs C	L4	-1	1	0.23	1	0	2	13:29	—	—	28	41
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	-1	3	0.25	1	1	0	12:07	—	—	52	60
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	0.00	1	2	2	24:11	—	—	54	62
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	21:57	—	—	47	59
Owen Power D	D2	-3	1	0.03	0	1	0	22:46	—	—	37	29
Kale Clague D	D2	-3	1	0.04	0	1	2	19:26	—	—	46	40
Jacob Bryson D	D3	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	52	37
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:14	—	—	43	44

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	3.60	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.